Search Results
New Search Photo Search Audiovisual Search- All Records /
- Protest activities sub-series /
- The Shuls Project fonds /
- Events sub-series /
- 1940s /
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.
- It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a view of the ballroom with many people sitting at tables socializing.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Rooms
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.
- It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a view of a piano player performing.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.
- It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a view of a guitarist, accordianist and organist performing on stage.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Phyllis Marshall (b. Barrie, ON, 4 Nov 1921) was a Canadian singer and actress. She studied piano as a child and was known as a track athlete, but made her debut at 15 as a singer on radio station CRCT. She then performed with Jack Arthur and on CBC radio with Percy Faith.
- Her first nightclub engagement was at Toronto's Silver Slipper, September 1938, with the Canadian Ambassadors. Encouraged by the CBC announcer Byng Whitteker to sing blues and jazz, she performed during the 1940s with various Toronto dance bands, including an 18-month stint at Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel 1944-46, with her own trio, and on tour 1947-8 in the USA with the Cab Calloway Orchestra.
- A contemporary of Eleanor Collins among early black performers on the CBC, Marshall appeared 1949-52 on radio's 'Blues for Friday' (later 'Starlight Moods') and starred on TV's 'The Big Revue' 1952-4, 'Cross-Canada Hit Parade' 1956-9, and other shows. She performed with Canadian jazz notables including Oscar Peterson and Bert Niosi, and also starred in the Canadian National Exhibition grandstand show. She performed in England on BBC TV in 1959 (The Phyllis Marshall Special) and again in 1964 in nightclubs. Her LP That Girl (1964, Cap FS-614), recorded in the company of US jazz stars Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate, captures Marshall's light, secure singing style and received a Juno Award as 'good music product LP'. Marshall had earlier recorded for Monogram in 1949.
- Her second career, as an actress, began in 1956 at Toronto's Crest Theatre and included dramatic and musical roles in stage, radio, and TV productions such as the revue Cindy-Ella (1964), CBC radio's 'The Amen Corner' (1970), and CBS-CTV's Night Heat in the mid-1980s. She continued to sing on occasion - eg, at the ACTRA Awards in 1977, and for Freedom Fest (Harbourfront) in 1988.
- Marshall is remembered as one of Canadian television's earliest stars, and as a pioneer among black Canadian performers.
- She died in Toronto in 1996.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a view of Phyllis Marshall performing on stage.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Actors
- Black Canadians
- Singers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 80, series 4 for a portrait of Phyllis Marshall by Sylvia Schwartz.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Phyllis Marshall (b. Barrie, ON, 4 Nov 1921) was a Canadian singer and actress. She studied piano as a child and was known as a track athlete, but made her debut at 15 as a singer on radio station CRCT. She then performed with Jack Arthur and on CBC radio with Percy Faith.
- Her first nightclub engagement was at Toronto's Silver Slipper, September 1938, with the Canadian Ambassadors. Encouraged by the CBC announcer Byng Whitteker to sing blues and jazz, she performed during the 1940s with various Toronto dance bands, including an 18-month stint at Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel 1944-46, with her own trio, and on tour 1947-8 in the USA with the Cab Calloway Orchestra.
- A contemporary of Eleanor Collins among early black performers on the CBC, Marshall appeared 1949-52 on radio's 'Blues for Friday' (later 'Starlight Moods') and starred on TV's 'The Big Revue' 1952-4, 'Cross-Canada Hit Parade' 1956-9, and other shows. She performed with Canadian jazz notables including Oscar Peterson and Bert Niosi, and also starred in the Canadian National Exhibition grandstand show. She performed in England on BBC TV in 1959 (The Phyllis Marshall Special) and again in 1964 in nightclubs. Her LP That Girl (1964, Cap FS-614), recorded in the company of US jazz stars Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate, captures Marshall's light, secure singing style and received a Juno Award as 'good music product LP'. Marshall had earlier recorded for Monogram in 1949.
- Her second career, as an actress, began in 1956 at Toronto's Crest Theatre and included dramatic and musical roles in stage, radio, and TV productions such as the revue Cindy-Ella (1964), CBC radio's 'The Amen Corner' (1970), and CBS-CTV's Night Heat in the mid-1980s. She continued to sing on occasion - eg, at the ACTRA Awards in 1977, and for Freedom Fest (Harbourfront) in 1988.
- Marshall is remembered as one of Canadian television's earliest stars, and as a pioneer among black Canadian performers.
- She died in Toronto in 1996.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group portrait of, front row (left to right): Phyllis Marshall and Sylvia Schwartz. Everyone else in this photograph is unidentified (possibly musicians).
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 80, series 4 for a portrait of Phyllis Marshall by Sylvia Schwartz.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group portrait of, front row (left to right): Sylvia Schwartz, unknown man and unknown woman.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Schwartz was Sylvia Schwartz's uncle, and was married to Minnie Schwartz. Their daughter Jewell owned an art gallery in Yorkville for many years. Jack was in the fur business in Toronto.
- Gerald Halbert was born in 1935 to Hyman and Faye Halbert in Toronto. He is the brother of Dr. Ralph Halbert and Mrs. Rhoda Brown (nee Halbert). Gerald's mother Faye was Sylvia Schwartz's cousin on her mother's side.
- Gerald Halbert received his medical degree in 1960 from the University of Toronto. Around that time he became very involved in the Jewish community, first volunteering for the UJA in 1960 and then traveling to Israel on a UJA Young Leadership Mission in 1962. Inspired and awed by the country, his lifelong commitment to the community was solidified. Since that time he has held many volunteer leadership roles within the Toronto community, including: chair and/or co-chair for three UJA Federation Campaigns and President of United Israel Appeal of Canada and of Canadian Friends of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has also been active in the development of the Wolfond Centre for Jewish Campus Life at the University of Toronto.
- Outside of the Jewish community, he has helped to raise funds for and establish several research chairs at the University of Toronto and University Health Network and is a member of the Mount Sinai Hospital Board of Governors. He is a member of the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, where he has volunteered significant time to a number of fundraising initiatives including the Spark of Life and Neurosurgery Chair Campaigns. He is also Board Champion for the Krembil Neuroscience Centre’s Krembil Discovery Tower and Krembil Neuro Program.
- In 2002 he was awarded the Order of Canada for his lifelong commitment and contributions to his community.
- He was married in 1960 to Sandra ("Tootsie") (nee Sukerman) and they have two daughters: Wendy and Michelle.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group portrait of members of the Schwartz's and Halbert's Families. From left: unknown woman, unknown man, Jack Schwartz, Minnie Schwartz, unknown woman, unknown man, unknown man,and Gerrald Halbert.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Schwartz was married to Gertrude Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen and Ruth.
- Joseph owned J. Schwartz and Company, a fur manufacturing firm, and eventually became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue road.
- The Halberts consist of Hyman and Faye Halbert, and their three children, Ralph Halbert, Dr. Gerald Halbert and Mrs. Rhoda Brown (nee Halbert). Faye was Sylvia Schwartz's cousin on her mother's side.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group portrait of members of the Schwartz, Halbert and Wintrob Families. Joseph Schwartz can be seen standing behind the group on the right. All other sitters are unidentified.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Dr. Murray Simon was a Toronto dentist who married Sylvia Yolles, the daughter of L.S. Yolles who owned the Park Plaza.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group portrait. From left: [unknown man], [unknown woman], Murray Simon, [unknown woman], [unknown man], [unknown woman], [unknown woman].
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Dentists
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Custodial History
- Cecil Yolles was Louis Yolles' eldest grandchild. He was the eldest son of Sam and Mary (Wilder) Yolles.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group portrait from the Park Plaza opening. Cecil and Denny Yolles are identified in the centre of the photo, seated fourth and fifth from the left.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group portrait.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a snapshot of Cecil and Denny Yolles.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946-1957
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : b&w (24 negatives) ; 12.5 x 10 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series consists of two files. The two events are an opening at the Park Plaza Hotel and a Pidyon Ha'Ben ceremony for Herbert Solway's son Gary.
- Images from the Park Plaza Hotel consist of views of the ballroom, the entertainers, and friends and family enjoying the party. Family members identified are from the Schwartz, Halbert and Wintrob families. Non-family members identified are from the Yolles and Rotenberg families. There are 12 negatives in this file.
- Images from file 2 consist of partygoers for the Pidyon Ha'Ben ceremony in Alex Solway's apartment. Those in attendance were from the Schwartz, Shleser, Solway and Rotenberg families. There are 12 negatives in this file.
- Name Access
- Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998 (creator)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w (12 negatives) ; 13 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.
- It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a party in the ballroom at the Park Plaza Hotel. Those pictured include members of the Schwartz, Yolles, Halbert and Wintrob families. Also included are images of Sylvia Schwartz, the singer Phyllis Marshall and musicians.
- It is unknown what the party was for, but the original envelope indicated that it was an opening of some kind.
- Subjects
- Parties
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
Narrow By
- Advocacy, General sub-sub-series 13
- Annual Campaign series 8
- Annual General Meetings series 11
- Annual Reports series 10
- Anti-Semitism Cases sub-series 17
- Auditor's reports series 7
- Auditor's reports sub-sub-series 11
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds 7
- Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds 6
- Board of Directors series 16
- Board of Jewish Education fonds 42
- Budget and Finance Committee series 16
- Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series 75
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds 145
- Case Committee series 7
- Central Region conventions sub-series 21
- Central Region sous-fonds 51
- Child Portraits series 25
- Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series 9
- Clothing Centre series 6
- Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series 13
- Community Relations Committee series 63
- Congregation Beth David fonds 10
- Conventions series 28
- Cowan family fonds 23
- Dorothy Dworkin fonds 8
- Events sub-series
- Executive Committee series 41
- Executive director series 26
- Executive Director sub-series 24
- Executive Director's Correspondence sub-sub-series 13
- Executive series 6
- Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file 9
- Family series 45
- Finance and accounting series 10
- Folks Farein fonds 37
- Foster care series 6
- General Campaign records sub-series 7
- General correspondence series 14
- General office subject and correspondence files series 39
- Gilbert Studios fonds 7
- Henry Cassel fonds 10
- Henry Weingluck fonds 7
- Homemaking Clubs series 14
- Ida Lewis Siegel fonds 17
- Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds 57
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds 107
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds 9
- Jewish military portraits series 37
- Julius P. Katz fonds 215
- Ladovsky family fonds 15
- Larry Becker collection 14
- Levine and Cass family fonds 24
- Liaison Project series 8
- Liaison with other social welfare organizations series 23
- Lifecycle Events series 15
- Lipa Green fonds 10
- Maurice Berg fonds 8
- Maurice Solway fonds 12
- Meeting Minutes sub-series 33
- Memoranda sub-sub-series 10
- Mizrachi series 30
- Morris Norman collection 72
- National Administrative Council and Executive Board series 22
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds 44
- National history research and subject files series 10
- National Treasurer sub-series 17
- Operational statistics series 8
- Park Plaza Opening file 12
- Personal series 14
- Photographs file 26
- Photographs series 7
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series 12
- Portraits of Prominent Jewish Torontonians series 26
- Portraits sub-series 17
- Publicity photographs of people and events series 76
- Publicity series 10
- Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds 76
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds 21
- Radio and television scripts series 15
- Recreation sub-series 13
- Reports, submissions and budget planning information sub-series 9
- Research Records sub-series 34
- Sadie Stren fonds 10
- Samuel Posluns fonds 15
- School files series 13
- Sermons series 21
- Social Planning Committee series 7
- Solomon Edell fonds 8
- Soskin family series 8
- Subject files series 194
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds 165
- Teacher files sub-series 15
- Toronto Section archival material sub-series 8
- Toronto Section series 20
- United Jewish Relief Agencies (UJRA) series 7
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds 119
- Welfare Council of Toronto series 13
- Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada fonds 19
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds 155